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Climate will empty islands in just decades, warns report
HUNDREDS of thousands of people will be forced from their homes on low-lying islands in the next few decades by sea-level rises and the contamination of fresh drinking water sources, scientists have warned.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=14364
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=14364Fri, 27 Apr 2018 10:00:00
Climate change threatens Fiji's survival, says PM
FIJI IS IN a fight for survival as climate change brings almost constant deadly cyclones, says Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=14238
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=14238Wed, 04 Apr 2018 10:00:00
Changing climate threatens Easter Island's mighty moai
RISING SEA LEVELS are eroding Easter Island and its many archaeological sites, including its iconic moai statues and village remains.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=14161
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=14161Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:00:00
NZ and island nations pay climate fee on time
NEW ZEALAND and five small states in the area are among the handful of countries that have paid this year's dues to the United Nations' climate change work.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13875
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13875Tue, 30 Jan 2018 09:00:00
Fiji summit calls for action on climate migration
CIVIL SOCIETY leaders from more than 100 countries&nbsp;meeting in Suva have called&nbsp;for action on climate-induced displacement.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13784
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13784Mon, 11 Dec 2017 10:00:00
Rising tides lap at the Pacific's dome of poison
RISING SEAS caused by climate change are seeping inside a United States nuclear waste dump on a remote and low-lying Pacific atoll.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13698
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13698Wed, 29 Nov 2017 09:00:00
It's not a done deal, low-lying islands can shape a future
WHILE THE plight of low-lying Pacific islands should not be ignored, it is just as damaging to assume that their fate is already sealed.
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13635
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13635Mon, 20 Nov 2017 09:00:00
Fiji told it must spend billions to adapt to climate change
FIJI MUST&nbsp;spend an amount equivalent to its entire yearly gross domestic product over the next 10 years to counter the challenges of a changing climate.
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http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13587Mon, 13 Nov 2017 10:00:00
Risk growing for Pacific islands, says study
MANY NATIONS&nbsp;have become less vulnerable to natural disasters ranging from cyclones to earthquakes because of improved preparedness, but Pacific island states remain most at risk, a new study shows.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13577
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13577Fri, 10 Nov 2017 09:00:00
LOST LANDS: Rising seas washed away Pacific history
THE STORY&nbsp;of the now-vanished Micronesian island of Nahlapenlohd holds some valuable lessons about recent climate change in the western Pacific.
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13569
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13569Thu, 09 Nov 2017 11:00:00
Pacific Islanders call on Australia not to fund Adani
PACIFIC ISLANDERS whose homes face eradication by rising sea levels have called on Australia to not fund the Adani Carmichael coalmine, as a new report reveals the worsening impact of climate change across Oceania.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13515
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13515Thu, 02 Nov 2017 10:00:00
KIRIBATI CRISIS: A long time waiting for the tide to turn
THE&nbsp;33 islands of Kiribati are under threat from climate change. But the islanders have not given up hope.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13455
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13455Wed, 25 Oct 2017 11:00:00
NOT GUILTY: Easter Island falsely blamed for own demise
RAPA NUI (Easter Island) has become the ultimate parable for humankind's selfishness; a moral tale of the dangers of environmental destruction. But new research paints a very different picture.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13405
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13405Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:00:00
Ministry denies cutting climate aid to Pacific
NEW ZEALAND is denying an accusation that it is cutting its climate aid to the Pacific.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13359
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13359Mon, 09 Oct 2017 09:00:00
Tsunami wreckage serves as liferafts for invasive species
Tsunami debris included this section of a Japanese dock, which washed up on the shores of Oregon.HUNDREDS of species were carried across the Pacific to North America by debris — estimated to weigh a total of nearly 1.5 million tonnes —...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13317
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13317Tue, 03 Oct 2017 10:00:00
VIVA VIKA: Giant rat lives in trees and eats coconuts
A FABLED giant rat known as the vika is the first new Solomon Islands rodent to be described in more than 80 years.
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13299
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13299Fri, 29 Sep 2017 10:00:00
Easter Island becomes one of world's largest marine parks
ONE OF THE world's largest marine protection areas has been created off the coast of Easter Island.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13163
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13163Mon, 11 Sep 2017 11:00:00
Tributes pour in for islands' climate hero Tony de Brum
FRIENDS and colleagues remember Tony de Brum as a fighter for nuclear justice and a safe climate future, after his death in Majuro aged 72.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13055
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13055Thu, 24 Aug 2017 09:00:00
Islands need better data to manage climate losses
IN THE PACIFIC&nbsp;and the Caribbean, island nations&nbsp;are already hit by climate change, but lack tools to measure the damage for leverage in international negotiations.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13042
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=13042Tue, 22 Aug 2017 10:00:00
Australia just doesn't get Pacific Islands' challenges
AUSTRALIA can help Pacific Island communities in a much wider range of ways than simply responding to disasters such as tropical cyclones.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12965
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12965Thu, 10 Aug 2017 10:00:00
There are ways we can save island nations from rising seas
AS SEA LEVELS rise, many island states could soon be annihilated and their residents forced to flee, rendering extinct their societies.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12880
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12880Fri, 28 Jul 2017 09:00:00
Fiji COP presidency must not fail climate victims
DESPITE warm words about protecting the vulnerable, the island presidency of this year's UN climate talks is showing no urgency on "loss and damage".http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12830
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12830Thu, 20 Jul 2017 09:00:00
Rising seas threaten scores of Pacific species with extinction
THE CHUUK flying fox. The Black-spotted Cuscus. The Fijian crested iguana. The Mariana skink. The greater monkey-faced bat. Poncelet's giant rat. They live on islands in the Pacific and they are facing extinction.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12818
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12818Wed, 19 Jul 2017 09:00:00
How a shipping firm took control of a country's UN mission
HOW THE climate-threatened Marshall Islands came to be represented at UN shipping talks by a private company based in Virginia, 11,000km away.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12748
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12748Fri, 07 Jul 2017 11:00:00
Pacific nations push for Paris pact commitments
Climate change minister Paula Bennett at the Suva talks
A COMMITMENT by rich nations to the Paris Agreement and an end to fossil-fuel development were the two major issues to come out of a pan-Pacific climate meeting in Fiji this...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12742
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12742Thu, 06 Jul 2017 11:00:00 Voreqe Bainimarama
Open your doors to climate refugees, Fiji tells US
FIJI PRIME MINISTER Frank Bainimarama has called on the US to open its borders and offer a permanent home to the people of the Marshall Islands threatened by rising seas.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12722
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12722Tue, 04 Jul 2017 11:00:00
Paris agreement only way to save coral reefs
GREATER emissions reductions and delivering on the&nbsp;Paris climate agreement&nbsp;are now "the only opportunity" to save coral reefs the world over from decline.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12678
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12678Wed, 28 Jun 2017 11:00:00
US exiting climate pact will hurt small islands
TO SMALL&nbsp;island nations where the land juts just above the rising seas, the US pulling out of the Paris global warming pact makes the future seem as fragile and built on hope as a sand castle.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12662
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12662Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:00:00
Coral reefs hold the history of the seas
MUCH LIKE tree rings, coral reefs can tell stories about how environmental conditions have changed over time.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12633
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12633Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:00:00
NZ gives Fiji million-dollar handout for UN talks
NEW ZEALAND is giving Fiji $1.3 million and the services of our top climate ambassador to help to chair international climate negotiations later this year.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12445
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12445Mon, 22 May 2017 09:00:00
Is Pacific climate message missing the God factor?
WELL-MEANING nations who find their Pacific aid projects don't work out might find the reason, in part, is the sidelining of God.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12428
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12428Thu, 18 May 2017 09:00:00
38 million pieces of plastic waste found on Pacific island
HENDERSON ISLAND, part of the Pitcairn group, is covered by 18 tonnes of plastic - the highest density of anthropogenic debris recorded anywhere in the worldhttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12412
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12412Wed, 17 May 2017 10:00:00
OPINION: We must plan for climate refugees
Tokelau appeals to the world
What will New Zealand do when 12,000 climate refugees from Tuvalu arrive on its doorstep?
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http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12374Wed, 10 May 2017 10:00:00
Global warming could speed up if the Pacific Ocean gets cranky
CONDITIONS in the Pacific Ocean over the coming decades will determine how fast we get to 1.5deg global warming.
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12369
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12369Wed, 10 May 2017 10:00:00
World Bank presses NZ on climate refugees
THE WORLD BANK says New Zealand should accept more migrants from the Pacific to pre-empt a flood of climate refugees.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12368
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12368Tue, 09 May 2017 11:00:00
Whales could help to save Pacific from carbon pollution
IF CONSERVATION&nbsp;efforts pay off, whales could help Pacific islands to meet their emissions reductions targets. | Read morehttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12233
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=12233Thu, 13 Apr 2017 10:00:00
Tonga and ADB launch climate change fund
THE TONGAN government and the Asian Development Bank have launched the island group's first climate change trust fund. | Read morehttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11956
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11956Wed, 01 Mar 2017 11:00:00
Look what they found 5000m down on the Pacific seafloor
SCIENTISTS have discovered "extraordinary" levels of toxic pollution in the most remote and inaccessible place on the planet - the 10km deep Mariana trench in the Pacific. | Read morehttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11859
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11859Tue, 14 Feb 2017 09:00:00
How climate change plays havoc with Pacific weather
GLOBAL WARMING&nbsp;has already increased the risk of major disruptions to Pacific rainfall, according to new research by Australian scientists.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11838
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11838Fri, 10 Feb 2017 10:00:00
PACIFIC PROBLEM: Carbon cuts will not settle seas
Tuvalu looks serene today, but like many Pacific islands risks inundation by the rising sea
By TIM RADFORD | Even supposing the world does make dramatic reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, the fate of the small island states...http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11738
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11738Tue, 24 Jan 2017 09:00:00
Come see Pacific for yourself, MP tells Trump
A NEW ZEALAND MP is challenging United States president-elect Donald Trump to come to the Pacific and see the impacts of climate change for himself.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11729
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11729Wed, 21 Dec 2016 10:00:00
Green Climate Fund gives millions to help Pacific
THE GREEN Climate Fund board has approved eight funding proposals worth $US315 million ($NZ452m) at a meeting in Samoa. | Read morehttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11707
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11707Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:00:00
Dear Green Climate Fund, Samoa needs you
THE BOARD&nbsp;of the Green Climate Fund&nbsp;this week is meeting in the Samoan capital Apia. Here,&nbsp;the country's ambassador to the UN outlines his hopes. | Read morehttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11668
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11668Tue, 13 Dec 2016 12:00:00
Fiji turns beauty queen into climate queen
MISS PACIFIC ISLANDS 2016, 23-year-old law graduate Anne Dunn, has been appointed Fiji's ambassador for climate change and the environment. | Read morehttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11633
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11633Wed, 07 Dec 2016 10:00:00
Tesla powers entire Pacific island using solar energy
AMERICAN automaker and energy storage company Tesla Motors has powered the Pacific island Ta'u almost entirely from solar energy. | Read morehttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11560
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11560Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:00:00
Japan backs Apia climate change centre
Downtown ApiaA PACIFIC Climate Change Centre, jointly funded by the Governments of Japan and Samoa as well as the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program, will be based in Apia. | Read morehttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11356
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11356Fri, 28 Oct 2016 11:00:00
Asia and Pacific must spearhead climate fight
Asia and the Pacific has been rocked by intense and unstable weather, bringing into even greater focus the need to build resilience against climate change. | Read morehttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11019
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=11019Tue, 13 Sep 2016 11:00:00 Low-lying coral atolls like the Solomon Islands are vulnerable
We're on the wrong tack in Pacific, says report
New Zealand's policy of helping Pacific nations to prepare for the impacts of climate change by financing renewable energy projects is under fire.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=10984
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=10984Wed, 07 Sep 2016 10:00:00 Rachael Le Mesurier
Cook Islands quietly does the climate business
By editor ADELIA HALLETT | Three countries have just ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change - China, the United States and the Cook Islands.http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=10962
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=10962Mon, 05 Sep 2016 12:00:00
Islands fail to agree on plan to protect tuna
Pacific island states have failed to strike a deal to protect shrinking supplies of tuna and adopt cutbacks following a regional conference, officials said, sparking condemnation from conservationists. | Read morehttp://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=10954
http://carbonnews.co.nz/story.asp?storyid=10954Mon, 05 Sep 2016 12:00:00